expirer

English

Etymology

expire +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)

Noun

expirer (plural expirers)

  1. One who or that which expires.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exspīrāre (“to expire”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛk.spi.ʁe/
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Verb

expirer

  1. (transitive) to breathe out
  2. (intransitive) to expire, run out
  3. (intransitive) to pass away (die)

Conjugation
Conjugation of expirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple expirer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple expirant
/ɛk.spi.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle expiré
/ɛk.spi.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present expire
/ɛk.spiʁ/		 expires
/ɛk.spiʁ/		 expire
/ɛk.spiʁ/		 expirons
/ɛk.spi.ʁɔ̃/		 expirez
/ɛk.spi.ʁe/		 expirent
/ɛk.spiʁ/
imperfect expirais
/ɛk.spi.ʁɛ/		 expirais
/ɛk.spi.ʁɛ/		 expirait
/ɛk.spi.ʁɛ/		 expirions
/ɛk.spi.ʁjɔ̃/		 expiriez
/ɛk.spi.ʁje/		 expiraient
/ɛk.spi.ʁɛ/
past historic2 expirai
/ɛk.spi.ʁe/		 expiras
/ɛk.spi.ʁa/		 expira
/ɛk.spi.ʁa/		 expirâmes
/ɛk.spi.ʁam/		 expirâtes
/ɛk.spi.ʁat/		 expirèrent
/ɛk.spi.ʁɛʁ/
future expirerai
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁe/		 expireras
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁa/		 expirera
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁa/		 expirerons
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 expirerez
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁe/		 expireront
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional expirerais
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 expirerais
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 expirerait
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 expirerions
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 expireriez
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁje/		 expireraient
/ɛk.spi.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present expire
/ɛk.spiʁ/		 expires
/ɛk.spiʁ/		 expire
/ɛk.spiʁ/		 expirions
/ɛk.spi.ʁjɔ̃/		 expiriez
/ɛk.spi.ʁje/		 expirent
/ɛk.spiʁ/
imperfect2 expirasse
/ɛk.spi.ʁas/		 expirasses
/ɛk.spi.ʁas/		 expirât
/ɛk.spi.ʁa/		 expirassions
/ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 expirassiez
/ɛk.spi.ʁa.sje/		 expirassent
/ɛk.spi.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — expire
/ɛk.spiʁ/		 — expirons
/ɛk.spi.ʁɔ̃/		 expirez
/ɛk.spi.ʁe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

expīrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of expīrō
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